Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:56:44 -0800
Reply-To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Deer Hit - how to avoid
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A bike rider was killed recently here in St. Johns County (FL) when hitting a deer.
Be careful out there during the rut...... those deer are as crazy as a teenager with a six pack and a fast car on a Friday night!
Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
--- On Sun, 11/14/10, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
From: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject: Re: Deer Hit - how to avoid
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 9:03 PM
A friend hit a pig with his BMW motorcycle a few years back. He walked away,
the front forks & front tire of his BMW and the pig did not survive.
Tom
www.towercooler.com
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Al Knoll
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To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Deer Hit - how to avoid
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
> I know this is too late for Jeff... but a lot of good tips for others!
> http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-a-Moose-or-Deer-Collision
>
> 188,000 miles on my 84 Westy, and only 2 times did a deer come close to
> it... owned since 1987.
>
> Jack R.
>
>
Good points.. say 12 points.
There is a quaint Newfoundland custom called truck burning. You are not
insured against Moose damage but you are insured against fire.
Deer, even mulies, are miniscule compared to moose and feral hogs. Most
often folks see moose in water and they don't look all that tall. On a
roadway the middle of the moose is mid windshield on most cars and often
comes right in, alive and kicking so to speak.
I spent some time on the last frontier, during rutting season moose will
charge almost anything, jeep, m113APC, M60A1, M88, 175 SP.
See a moose by the side of the road, stop somewhat back from said moose and
honk and wait. If it's during the rut, don't honk, just wait.
Bimeby the moose will move on.
Hogs are different. 300-500lbs of porkchops and low slung. They won't come
through the windshield but they will total your vanagon. Nothing worse
than having 300 lbs of pressed ham in your radiator.
Lighting that illuminates the sides of the roadway is the preferred
illumination. Deer eyes reflect, hog eyes don't.
Stealth pigs they are kinda like the famous Tonopah stealth cows.
Always carry a block and tackle, and a good knife. If the car still runs,
discreetly harvest the critter.
Pensionerd.
